Mount for containers



March 27, 1934. s. N. LEOPOLD ET AL MOUNT FOR CONTAINERS Filed June 4,1931 killllll VIIIII'III. I'll w Pow 2 500w! MLeo Patented Mar. 27, 1934ENT OFFICE MOUNT FOR CONTAINERS Samuel N. Leopold and Henry K. Powell,Chicago, Ill., assignors to Morris Paper Mills, Chicago, 111., acorporation of Illinois Application June 4, 1931, Serial No. 542,109

' 4 Claims. (Cl. 229-55) This invention relates to a mount adapted tostances the can body has a tendency to collapse I The main objects ofthe invention are to provide a device for maintaining the open end of apaper or other collapsible container in the de sired distendedcondition; to provide means for preventing turning or lifting of a paperice cream can as anincident to scooping ice cream therefrom when the canis nearly empty; to provide a device which will not tend to melt the icecream in the portion of the can with which the device is associated; toprovide a device which will form a non-cutting and rigid end on the can,and which end will afford a convenient edge over which to scrape or dragan ice cream scoop to remove excess ice cream therefrom, and, ingeneral, it is the object of the invention to provide a mount forfacilitating the use of paper or like flexible. bodied containers,especially when used for containing ice cream.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood byreference to the following specification and accompanying drawing inwhich a mount embodying a preferred form of the mvention is illustrated.A lifter for handling ice cream cans to which the mount herein involvedan inwardly extending flange 12 which overlies is applied, is alsoillustrated.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a container to which our improved mount isapplied, the mount and adjacent portion of the container being shown insection;

Fig. 3 is a perspective of a lifter designed for handling full ice creamcans of the type herein described; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, butshowing a modified form of mount.

Referring now to the drawing, a container, in this instance, an icecream can, is illustrated as including a can body 6 which is ofcylindrical form and made of paper or like flexible material. The bottomof the container may be of any suitable constructiton and is shown asincluding a metal reinforcing-ring '7;

In our above mentioned co-pending application, we have described indetail the construction and some of the advantages of using containersof this kind for transporting and storing ice cream. In the practicaluse of containersat its upper end,'i. e., to assume an egg or oval shapeinstead of its normal cylindrical shape. It has also been found that ina few instances, when the can is nearly empty, there is a tendency tospin or lift the can from the well of the refrigerator in which the canis usually stored, when scooping ice cream therefrom. The tendency tospin or lift the can appears only when it becomes quite light upon beingemptied.

In order to overcome the objectionable tendencies above noted, we haveprovided a mount, designated as an entirety by the reference numeral 8,this mount being preferably made of a stainless or non-rusting metal.The mount includes a collar 9 which fits around the outside of the uppermarginal portion of the can body6 in spaced relation thereto, asindicated at 10. For assuring uniform, or substantially uniform, spacingof the collar 9 around the entire circumference of the can body,inwardly extending ribs 11 may be provided. The ribs 11 are formedintegral with the collar 9 and, as clearly shown in Figure 2, extendtransversely thereof. By inspection of. Figure 1, it will be seen thatthe ribs 11 divide the space between the can body 6 and the collar 9into a plurality of separated air pockets.

At the upper end of the collar 9, we provide and is adapted to be seatedon the upper end of the can body 6, as clearly shown in Figure 2. Theinwardly extending flange 12 serves to position the collar about theupper end portion of the can body. A rim- 13 depending from the inneredge of the flange 12 is also provided, this rim 13 fitting inside ofthe can body. The collar 9, flange 12 and depending rim 13 co-operate toembrace the upper end portion of the can body and to hold the same inproperly distended position.

The rim and flange portions 13 and 12, respectively, of the mount 8 arepreferably so formed as to provide a smooth, non-cutting-end surface, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. Such a smooth and non-cutting. surface isobviously desirable in that it avoids any danger of scratching orcutting the hand or arm of a person scooping ice cream from thecontainer and in that it provides a firm edge over which the ice creamscoop may be scraped to remove surplus ice cream. The air chambers 10provided between the collar 9 and can body are desirable in that theypermit cold air to circulate between the collar 9 and can body so as toprevent the transmission of heat from the collar through the can I whichincludes a strip of channel iron bent to a substantially the shapeshown. The part designated 151 constitutes a handle and the partdesignated 15 is provided at its lower end with a pair of teeth 16adapted to bite into the outside of the container body. The portion 17is provided with a depending pointed element 18. The pointed element 18is-spaced from the part 15 sufficiently to permit the mount to passtherebetween. However, in some cases, it has been found that the spacingof the pointed element 18 from the part 15 of the lifter is insufiicientto permit the lifter to be readily placed in proper operative position.Inasmuch as it is somewhat objectionable to attempt to displace (allpresent lifters with others in which the spacing of the parts referredto is only partly full.

sufficient to permit the lifter to be used when our improved mount is inplace, we provide some mounts with notches, such as indicated at 19 inFigure 4, and a cutaway orflattened portion 20. It will be understoodthat the notch 19 is formed by removing a, portion of the rim 13 andthat the recessed portion 20 is formed by removing a small amount ofmetal from the outside of the collar 9. By this means, the thickness ofthe mount is reduced sufllciently to receive a lifter, substantially asshown in Figure 5.

By reference to Figure 5, it will be apparent that our mount 8facilitates the use of lifters of the type shown, inasmuch as the canis, in effect, provided with a rigid upper end portion which willwithstand such strains as are incident to lifting the weight of an icecream can, even when It-is, of course, to be'understood that the mount8'is normally to constitute a part of the equipment of vendors of icecream, and that the mount will be placed on the container either beforeor after it is inserted in the refrigerator well in the customarymanner. Containers of the class described herein are equipped with acover formed of paper and metal. Under some circumstances, the lifterdescribed is used by piercing the cover with the pointed lifter element18 and engaging the outside of the can body with the prongs 16. However,when the metal and paper cover is removed and disposed of, it becomesmore difficult to use the lifter because of the flexibility and dangerof tearing the paper body of the can. Our improved mount obviouslyavoids all of. these difiiculties. I

As stated above, we prefer to make the mount of suitable stainless orrustless metal or other material which will be quite firm and rigid soas to impart the desired rigidity to the upper end of the container. Wealso prefer to make the mount of some such material which will give themount sufiicient weight to hold the can to the bottom of therefrigerator well and thus prevent spinning or lifting of the canincident to scooping ice cream therefrom.

We are aware that changes, may be made in the structure above describedwithout departing from the spirit of our'invention, the scope of whichshould be determined by reference to the following claims, the samebeing construed as broadly as possible consistent with the state of theart.

We claim as our invention:

1. In combination with a collapsible ice cream container of the classdescribed, a relatively rigid end mount removably associated with thecontainer and comprising a collar fitting outside of and around theupper marginal portion of the container body, a flange extendinginwardly from the upper edge of said collar for seating on the upper endof the container body to position the collar thereon, and a rimdepending from said flange and fitting inside of said container body,said collar, flange and rim co-operating to embrace and maintain theupper end portion of the container body in distended condition, saidcollar being of such size as to provide space between itself and theoutside of the container body portion around which it fits, therebypermitting air to circulate between the collar and said container bodyportion, and inwardly projecting ribs exLending transversely of andformed integral with said collar for maintaining said space around theentire circumference of the container body.

'2. In combination with a collapsible ice cream container of the classdescribed, a relatively rigid end mount removably associated with thecontainer and comprising a collar fitting outside of and around theupper marginal portion of the conta'ner and provided with an inwardlyextending flange at its upper end for seating on the upper end of thecontainer to position the collar thereon, said mount being formed ofmaterial and of such size as to provide suflicient weight to resistspinning and lifting of the container incident to the scooping of icecream therefrom when the container is nearly empty, and said inwardlyextending flange being provided with a depending rim adapted to fitinside of the container, said collar, flange and rim co-operating toembrace the upper end portion 'of the container body to maintain thesame in predetermined distended condition, said rim being prov'ded witha notch and said collar having a part of reduced thickness opposite the.notch, substantially as and for the purpose described.

'3. A device for holding a light-weight container in relatively fixedposition to facilitate the removal of material from the container,comprising a weighted collar adapted to removably fit around a portionof the container and having means for engaging the container to supportthe collar on the container, said collar having a plurality of inwardlyprojecting ribs adapted to engage thecontainer to maintain the inside ofthe collar in'predetermined spaced relation to the container.

4 A device for holding a light-weight container in relatively fixedposition to facilitate the removal of viscous material from thecontainer, comprising a weighted collar-adapted to removably fit outsideof and around the upper marginal portion of the container, said collarhaving an inwardly extending flange adapted to engage the upper end ofthe container to support the collar on the upper end of the container,said flange being notched so as to provide a portion of reduced overallthickness to facilitate the application of a lifter substantially asdescribed.

SAMUEL N. LEOPOLD.

HENRY K. POWELL.

